Little Birch Farm's Chickens & Ducks

Little Birch Farm is growing! We now have 6 ducks – 3 Blue Swedish and 3 Black Indian Runner Ducks, along with 32 chickens in the flock. Our original flock of 5 Bantams – a Seabrite, a Chinese Fantail, 2 Cochins & a Brahma have been joined by 3 Black Austerlorps, and our newest Heritage breeds – 5 Gold-Laced Wyandottes, 4 Danish Brown Leghorns, 4 Mottled Anconas, 5 New Hampshire Reds and 4 Ameraucanas. The flock is watched over by 2 Bantam Roosters. They all very happily free range on our farm!

The original flock:

Butterscotch (Scotchie) a Seabrite

Hennie, a Bantam Cochin (and a very nice Aunt to Pearl's Chicks!)

Brahma Mama, a Brahma Cochin - both Brahma Mama and Hennie lost
their twin sisters to Hawks 2 years ago

Pearl, a Chinese Fantail (and a wonderful Mommy!)

Louise, one of Pearl's chicks who is now laying

The new additions to the flock:

5 Gold-Laced Wyandottes

5 New Hampshire Reds

4 Danish Brown Leghorns - these girls always think that the grass
is greener on the other side of the fence and are constantly getting
out of the yard!

Little Birch Farms...I am looking to diversify from having only cochin bantams to those who are "clean-legged"...the on in your pic makes me want to say SOLD...do you sell chicks or eggs? live in southern Ohio and weather is so weird...like rest of the nation's. please send me a message when you have the time...thanks

Lovely chooks! However, if you think that the Danish Brown Leghorns are bad for escaping, you want to introduce them to my production red - Rusty (aka 'Dora the Explorer' and more recently 'Deviant Chicken'!) She WILL NOT stay where she is meant to! 1000m² of back garden with vast expanses of grass, wild bird table, log pile, kitchen garden and borders to dig in is more than enough for my other two girls, but Rusty thinks that the gravel drive and small lawn at the front of the house is far more interesting!

Congratulations, we've chosen one of your chicken pics for the Picture Of the Week. Thanks for posting your chickens to our "My Chickens" pages! You can find more info about our POW here: BYC POW process.